Automatic Approval of timesheets at the resource level

Hi there,
I have a Manager that would like all of the timesheets submitted from her resources (she is both their Resource Manager and Timesheet Approver) to be automatically approved, rather than her needing to approve them. The tasks the
Manager's resources use vary based on client work they engage in so we need to do this at the resource level, not the task level.
Thanks,
-Kate

Hi Kate,
If you want your manager to automatically approve the timesheet and status updates , try creating an approval rule from approval center.
By default if you set the resource himself as Timesheet manager, it would be approved automatically.
Status manager would be approving the status updates.
Cheers! Happy troubleshooting !!! Phani - MSFT Enterprise Project Management
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